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Ioana ALBU is a senior lecturer (with tenure), at the University of , Faculty of Communication and Political Sciences, Head of Political Sciences Department. She is an expert evaluator for the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher , Ministry of Education, and vice-president of the Romanian Society of Political Sciences. Email: ialbu(at)oradea.ro.

Dan APATEANU is a professor assistant in political sciences at University of Oradea, Faculty of Communication and Political Sciences and a PhD student at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. His main research interests are research methodology and public policies. Email: danapateanu(at)yahoo.com. www.e-migration.ro

Maria BARSAN is a PhD professor at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of European Studies, Department of European institutions management. She is pursuing research in the fields of international economic relations and European economic integration. Email: Maria.Birsan(at)euro.ubbcluj.ro.

Ramona CUCURUZAN (CRAMARENCO) is a professor assistant at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of European Studies, Department of European institutions management. She is pursuing research in the fields of Romanian labor migration. Email: cramarencor(at)yahoo.com.

Agnieszka FIHEL is a PhD student at the Warsaw University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Centre of Migration Research, Poland. Her main research interest is on labor mobility in the enlarged and its impact and its impact on Polish labor market. Email: a.fihel(at)uw.edu.pl, http://www.migration.uw.edu.pl.

Keratso GEORGIADOU is Phd candidate at Democritus University of Thrace, . works at the School of Languages Literature and Culture of the Black Sea Countries, Democritus University. The author holds a BSc in Mathematics, University of (1989), Greece, and a MSc in Gender Studies (2006) Aegean University Rhodes.

Katerina JANKU is an assistant professor of the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of science at Ostrava University; she works on her PhD dissertation in sociology on Czech Roma families experiencing the post-1989 westbound migration. Email: Katerina.Janku(at)osu.cz, www.migrationonline.cz.

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Marie JELINKOVA is a PhD student in public and social policy at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; she focuses on the quality of life of immigrants in the Czech Republic. Email: Marie.Jelinkova(at)email.cz, www.migrationonline.cz.

Gerassimos KEKKERIS is an associate professor at the Department, Democritus University of Thrace. The author holds a BSc in (1977) Aristotelian University of Thessalonica and a PhD in Automatic Control (1991) Democritus University of Thrace. Since 2001 is with the Department of Primary Education. His research interests include applications of multimedia in aesthetic education, safety in Internet, distance education, gender and ICT.

Zaiga KRISJANE works as policy officer in the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, Responsible for migration police in LV, Latvia and Head of Department of the Chair of Human Geography, Latvian University. Email: zaiga.krisjane(at)lu.lv, http://www.lu.lv/eng/index.html.

Cristina MATIUTA works as a PhD lector at the University of Oradea, Faculty of Communication and Political Sciences, responsible with scientific research. She teaches in the areas of Civil Society and Political Culture, Political Parties and is a member of the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues (RCIMI). Email: cristinamatiuta(at)yahoo.com, www.e-migration.ro

Lia POP is university professor and Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Communication, at the University of Oradea. She is the Director of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS) and the founder of the Research Center for Identity and Migration Issues (RCIMI). Email: popliamaria(at)uoradea.ro, www.e-migration.ro

Irina POP works as a professor assistant at the University of Oradea, Faculty of Communication and Political Sciences, Communication department. She is PhD student at West University Timisoara. Her main research interest are communication science, mainly branding nations. Email: popirinamihaela(at)yahoo.com. www.e-migration.ro

Marius TATAR works as a professor assistant in Political Science at the University of Oradea, Faculty of Political Science and Communication. He is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the and holds an MA degree in Political Science at Central European University (CEU), Budapest. His main research areas include political participation and democratization. E-mail: marius_tatar(at)yahoo.com; www.e- migration.ro

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